Keystone
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KXL the Keystone of US/Canada Relations No Longer
As has been widely reported, the KXL application will be denied. Our stories about KXL (like here) noted the challenges inherent in counting greenhouse gas emissions from something like the Alberta tar sands. In weighing a single infrastructure project...November 6, 2015 227 0 -
Keystone: What and How to Count?
EPA’s final comments on the KXL Final SEIS made something of a splash today with a piece in today’s New York Times. They mostly reflect what EPA has been saying about KXL for going on two...February 4, 2015 806 0 -
NEPA on Crude-by-Rail: A Paper Tiger?
Railroads have scored big as more crude oil has been transported by rail over the last five years. The Association of American Railroads (AAR) knows it has a problem, though. As the devastating derailment in Lac...December 15, 2014 1579 0 -
Segmentation: A Conduit to Conflict
The pipeline boom has many in the environmental community on alert against a perennial bugbear NEPA veterans know well. In any infrastructural “system” built and maintained piecemeal, doubts and questions will arise over the measurable or...September 10, 2014 1457 0 -
NEPA at Work in the Oil Sands
The 11 volume Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) the U.S. Dept. of State compiled (or had its contractor compile) in connection with the decision whether to permit construction of the KXL pipeline has done its job. Or has it? A...September 9, 2014 2439 0
